Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2216, Job Foster, Va.

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Foster, Job
S2216
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Ohio. 13. 088.
Job Foster.
Sciota Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Col. Moyer of the Regt. commanded by Col. Campbell on the Virginia line for 18 months.
60.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of March 1833 and sent to Mr. Merner. Portsmouth. Sciota Co. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March. 33. 120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 30.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [Signature] John Palmer Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 8.
1891 Jany 26 Stout Bank House history Brod
59 60

The State of Ohio Scioto County
on the Eighth day of September in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Scioto and State of Ohio - Job Foster a resident Citizen of the County of Scioto aforesaid aged Twenty Six Years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 8 1832 that he served in the War of the Revolution in a Company (commanded by Captain Simon Morgan in the Ninth Virginia Regiment under the command of Colonel Richard Campbell. This Deponent further deposes and saith that on the 28 day of June 1819. petitioning the Honorable the Secretary of War of the U. S. and upon the 29 th day of May 1820 received a pension Certificate numbered 17.192 - That he is the identical Job Foster named in said Certificate of Pension - The Deponent further deposes and saith that on the Twenty Fourth day of May 1827 - He made application for a continuance of his pension which is as follows, (here copy Exhibit A) A copy of which this deponent causes on two or three several occasions to be forwarded to the Honorable the Secretary of War - And to which this Deponent has received no answer - And the reason why is unknown to this applicant - This Deponent further deposes and saith that he is now a resident Citizen of the County of Scioto and was so at the time of his original application
This Deponent humbly asks the Department of War to give to this applicant all the relief that the peculiar circumstances of his case may require. And that he may have the benefit of his application of the 24 th day of May 1827 - Sworn to and Subscribed this 8 th day of September 1832 in open Court -
Attest. J. W. Turner Clerk ④
Job F. Foster Mark

We Saml M Tracy — Resident Citizens of the County of Scioto and John V. Turner — residing in the same County Hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with J. F. Foster who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. And know him the said J. F. Foster to be the identical person named in a certificate of Pensions as his description
J. F. Tracy John V. Turner
Given & Subscribed this eighth day of September in the Year 1832 — Attest. J. V. Turner Clerk
The State of Ohio Scioto County ss. At a Court of Common Pleas, continued and held in and for the County of Scioto, at the Court House thereof in the Town of Portsmouth, on Saturday the eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and of our State the thirtieth. Present. The honorable Thomas Irwin President, William Oldfield, Samuel Smith William Owens Associates and Judges of our said Court. This day came J. F. Foster a resident citizen of the County of Scioto, and filed his declaration to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress of the Seventh of June 1832, for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I John V. Turner, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of J. F. Foster for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office
September 18 th 1832 and of our State the 30 th John V. Turner Clerk
J. F. Foster declaration 8239

Job Foster's application for Continuance of Pension

This day personally appeared in open court Job Foster aged seventy-one years and resident in the county of Scioto and made the following declaration in order to entitle himself to the benefit of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818." May 1 st 1825 State of Ohio, Scioto Court of Common Pleas, Scioto County ss. And now at this day to wit, on the twenty fourth day of May in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, personally appeared in open court, of and Job Foster being the court of common Pleas of Scioto County and the state of Ohio, and a court of record. Job Foster aged seventy one years resident in said county of Scioto aforesaid, who being first duly sworn in due form of law, doth on his oath declare and state, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. In a company commanded by Captain Simon Morgan in the ninth Virginia Regiment, under the command of Colonel Richard Campbell for the term of eighteen months commencing some time early in the fall of the year 1780, and ending on the first day of January 1782. This deponent further deposeth and saith that on the twenty eight day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen he this deponent petitioned the Honorable the Secretary of war of the U. S. and upon the twenty ninth day of May 1825 Received a pension certificate numbered 17,192. And the said Job Foster do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself

within the purview of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust or otherwise any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any in some otherwise than that which is contained in a schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (Schedule)
One Horse bear eight years old. $20.00 one mule cow and one three year old Heifer $18.00 (Signed) his Jos V Foster mark. $38.00
And this deponent further deposeth and saith, that at the time of the discontinuance of his pension aforesaid, the health of this deponent was very good considering his advanced age, and this deponent by his personal exertions was enabled to obtain a daily subsistence. And this deponent further deposeth and saith that the increased age, ill health, and infirmity of this deponent at this time are such that he this deponent is unable to labour for his daily subsistence, and has no other resource for subsistence, than the assistance of his country. And further this deponent saith not. (Signed) his Jos V Foster mark.
Sworn to and declared in open court this 24 th day of May 1827
(Attest) John R. Turner Clerk.

And the court being satisfied that the value of the property contained in the schedule is truly stated, as appears by the oath of disinterested testimony. The same is accordingly certified.
The State of Ohio Scioto County ss. John R. Sumner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that the foregoing is true copy from the record now remaining in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at the court house thereof in the Town of Portsmouth on the 5 th day February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty eight and of our state the twenty sixth. John R. Sumner Clerk

Job Foster Ohio Foster.
Adm for 1 year & 6 months
Mr Evans 13085
Old Case
8239
J. R. Turner Portsmouth Sciota County Ohio
7 17 17 24 20

BRIEF in the case of  Job Foster 61. of Suoto  in the State of  Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     f In 17 Capt Morgan Col Campbell  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
The applicant states that he has been on the pension roll under the act of 1818 and struck off on account of insolvency.
George Payton Examining Clerk.

Job Foster 82216 - in Sept 1832 as 76 years In Nov 1819 of Scioto Co Ohio Aged stated July 1824 as 64 years, May 1827 as 71 yrs
Enlisted in March about Oct 1780  1819 with Capt Simon  John Morgan & Col Richd Campbell 9th Va Regt marched to Winchester where he remained during the winter  where he assembled , then going to Fredericksburg & Petersburg & Chesterfield Co Va & joined the army Guilford Co NC five days after the battle (Mar 15 1781) He joined in the Pursuit of Lord Cornwallis as far as Deep River from thence to Camden SC where he was in the Second battle fought at that place (April 25 1781) & were driven back about 12 miles, but the British evacuated Camden (May 10 1781) Forbes marched to Fort Thompkins and finally to 96 where became engaged in a number of skirmishes After which he was ordered to the High hills of the Santee where he lay about 3 mos & discharged at Salisbury NC in Jan'y 1782

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Job Foster, of Scioto County, Ohio, _____ # _____ late a private _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty eighth day of June, _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of May, _____ one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.

WM. E. BARKLOW
TELEPHONE 232
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No. 63 WEST THIRD STREET
Portsmouth, Ohio,
OW TN 15 1902
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.:-
In January, 1891 my father, Stout Barklow, wrote to you for the record of his grandfather Job Foster a Revolutionary soldier in the 9th Va. regiment.
He received a full copy of all the records said about him, and this copy was highly prized by the family, but this copy has mysteriously disappeared. I wrote to your Department again and received a printed form filled out with time of enlistment, Regiment, Officers' names, and time mustered out.
This was not so satisfactory as the other because we wanted all the material available to be used in a sketch of Job Foster

WM. E. BARKLOW
TELEPHONE 232
COAL — AND — TRANSFER
No. 63 WEST THIRD STREET
Portsmouth, Ohio,-----190----
for the History of Scioto County now under preparation by Capt. N. W. Evans of this City.
If you will kindly oblige me by sending me a copy similar to the one received in 1891 I shall consider it a great favor.
Respectfully, Mrs. Agnes B. Roe.

Portsmouth, Ohio, May 1, 1901.
Hon. St. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:
My great grandfather, Job Foster , was a Revolution- ary soldier from Virginia, and was a pensioner of that war. He lived until some time in the '40's but do not know the exact date. Please give me this date, if you can, and oblige
Mrs. A. B. Poe 26 East Third St.

Stout Barklow Ohio
Nov 20 1890
Jo G Foster 2216 Va

Portsmouth, Ohio.
Nov. 20, 1890.
Please consult the pension record of the Revolution and see if the name of Col Foster , who died in Jackson County, Ohio, is there. If so, please state what the record says as to date of birth, place enlisted, commanding officer, battle mounted, pension allowed, and date of death.
Hoping to hear from you soon I am
Respectfully,
Stout Barkley
26 East Third St.

May 6-1901 Mrs. A. B. Ruel Portsmouth Ohio
Mar. 3-1902 As above - Copies cannot be furnished
Rev. War
2216 INVALID.
File No. 2216
Job. Foster
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Job Foster which require further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Certified by Two Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

Washington Febr. 17 th 1828.
Dear Sir.
Indorsed I transmit to you two several applications - the one of Job Foster, & the other of William Deever, the first of whom de- sires to be restored to the Pension List, and the other to have his name transferred from the Kentucky to the Ohio General.
I am Sir very respectfully Your Most Obedt & humble servt.
Sam l . F. Wilson

Ohio 17192
Job Foster, R
Scioto co. in the state of Ohio,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell, of the Virginia line, for the term of 18 months.
scribed on the Roll of Ohio,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28. of June, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. of May, 1820. and sent to John Collins, judge, Portsmouth, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820. $: 65.82
emi-ann. all'ce ending 1. Sept. 48 ..
  8 mo. 30 } 1820  } $: 113.83    4 30 }    31 ... }  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
(Sept 1820)

State of Ohio Scioto County ss. Application for Continuance of Pension On this eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four; Personally appeared in open — court being the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Scioto aforesaid Job Foster aged sixty four years, resident in the said County of Scioto aforesaid, who being first duly sworn accord- ing to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- tionary War as follows, in a company commanded by Captain Simon Morgan in the Ninth Virginia Regiment under the com- mand of Colonel Richard Campbell for the term of eighteen — months, commencing some time early in the fall of the year 1780. and ending on the first day of January in the year 1782.
This Deponent further deposeth and saith that on the twenty eighth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine- teen, he this deponent petitioned the Honorable the Secretary of War, and on the twenty ninth day of May 1820. Received a pension certificate Numbered 17.192 . And I the said Job Foster do solemn- ly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me — subscribed. — Schedule. Fifty three acres third rate land worth $200. one horse worth $40. Two cows worth $16. Two kettles, one pot and

bake oven worth $3.— Total $259.
his mark Job X Foster
And this Deponent further deposeth and saith that he is aged and infirm and unable to support himself without the assistance of his country. And further this deponent saith not
in presence of the court
his mark Job X Foster
sworn and subscribed in open court, being a court of record this 8 th day of July 1824. Ezra Osborn P. J.
The State of Ohio Scioto county fs. § I John R. Turner clerk of the court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred and fifty nine dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,
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and affixed the seal of the said court, at the Town of Portsmouth, this the 4 th day of February in the year of our Lord 1825. and of our state the 23 rd
John R. Turner clerk

Job Footner Virginia line Col Rich Campbell 1780 — 18 mo

5454.
Job Foster, Scioto County, Ohio, 28. June, 1819.
Col. Campbell's regiment, Virg. line, 1 year 6 mo.
found on the rolls.
Admitted.
John Collins, judge Portsmouth, Ohio. recd. 11. Dec. 1819.

State of Ohio Scioto County ss. Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Scioto personally appeared Abd. Came  St. Foster and makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the relief of the Act of the Congress entitled an Act for the relief of persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States during the War of the revolution on the Continental Establishment That he enlisted as a private in a Company commanded by Cap. Samuel Morgan in Col. Richard Campbell Regiment of the Virginia line of Troops on the Continental Establishment for eighteen Months. was Marched to Winchester where the said Regiment wintered. in March 1781. was marched to Fredericksburg in Virginia. thence to Petersburg - thence to Chesterfield Court House - where the Company of Cap. Morgan was filled and we drew our clothing and Munitions - And then Marched and joined the Army about 15 Miles from Guilford Court House Two Days after the Battle - Then the Army marched in which this Deponent was a soldier. in pursuit of Lord Cornwallis as far as Deep river. from thence to Guilford where this Deponent was engaged in the Battle and had the misfortune to be defeated and drove back about 12 Miles. And hung around Campden until the British evacuated that place and then Marched to Fort Thompson from thence to a place called Ninety Six where he was engaged in a number of Skirmishes. Thence to the High Hill of the Santee where we lay about three Months. thence to Salisbury where this Deponent was honorably discharged after faithfully serving for eighteen Months. That he has unfortunately lost his discharge and is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
his John Foster mark.

State of Ohio Scioto County ss William Hatten of lawful age being duly sworn deponeth that he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and was acquainted with the said J. Foster and knows of the said J. Foster's having served as a soldier in said War for from about the First of October, 1780 to March 1781 when the different Corps to which they belonged separated. And this Deponent further knows that the said J. Foster was enlisted for eighteen months - And further this Deponent saith not - Given the 28 th Day of June 1819 before me. John Collins J. D. William Hatten marks
State of Ohio Scioto County ss I John Collins one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Scioto do hereby certify that on the Twenty eighth Day of June 1819 J. Foster personally appeared before me and made oath in due form of law that the matters and things set out in the above affidavit are True. And that he is a poor industrious man with a family and stands in need of the assistance of his County for support. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the Day and year aforesaid - John Collins J. D.

The State of Ohio Scioto County ss.
I John R Turner clerk of the court of common pleas in & for said County do certify that the honorable John Collins before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of subscribing his name thereto one of the respected associate judges of the court of common pleas in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified as the law requires and that as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as well in courts of justice as thereout. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my name and affixed the seal of our said court at the court house this 26 th day of Nov. 1819— and of our state the 17 th —
John R Turner clc
Certificate of seal of court 50